KDKA's Mary Robb Jackson reported yesterday that Mt. Lebanon had five heroin overdose deaths and one methadone overdose from March 1, 2012 - March 1, 2013. Mt. Lebanon Officials Fighting Growing Heroin Problem
Kelly Fraasch interview
Commissioner Fraasch, thank you for moving forward as you describe in your blog post, Keep Going Strong! In spite of resistance you received from two fellow commissioners, you are a true leader.
Keep going strong.
Showing posts with label heroin. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Our kids are dying
Recently during Citizen Comments, I made an observation about Commission meetings. Month after month, I sit through discussions about turf and deer. People have come up to the podium and would exclaim, "Our kids have no place to play toddler soccer. We must have turf." or "Will it take a death to get you people to do something about these deer?" How many deaths does it take for Mt. Lebanon to do something about the drug problem here?
Mt. Lebanon has a heroin problem. We live in a community where all the fundraisers for Outreach revolve around alcohol. We had discussions here about how some parents think it is perfectly acceptable to bring alcohol to ball games. Parents encourage their children to go to Under 21 Clubs instead of supporting the School District's decision to enforce Snowball guidelines. We have Blaise's infamous "21 Club." In the Municipal budget, $12,000 has been set aside to count deer, yet how much has been allocated to drug enforcement?
One "anonymous" commenter here announced that we need to eradicate the deer. Every single one. I believe we need to eradicate the drug dealers. They have moved into Mt. Lebanon and our kids are dying. Yes, folks, drug dealers are right here in this Norman Rockwell painting.
Upon news of recent drug overdoses, I called my children just to hear their voices. When I told my son about the bad heroin that has hit Mt. Lebanon, he said that there is no such thing as good heroin. It is heroin. My daughter reminded me of classmates who died from drug overdoses. This has been going on for years.
I continued at the podium to say that the commissioners have ongoing discussions about Sports Advisory Boards and Joint Maintenance Agreements. I asked them when they were going to take off their blinders and look around. When will we have a Drug Advisory Board? I asked if we could take Kristen Linfante's $12,000 budgeted deer survey and put it towards drug enforcement.
Whatever Mt. Lebanon has been doing, it isn't working. Our kids are dying. Thankfully, Kelly Fraasch has stepped up (again) to take on this mission. As the newly appointed school board liaison, Kelly met with Josephine Posti, the commission liaison, to discuss the drug problem in Mt. Lebanon. In her latest post, The concerns about drug use in Mt. Lebanon, Kelly shares how the Municipality and School District will join forces to form a drug task force to "send a message to the street that Mt. Lebanon is no longer open for business" as Josephine mentioned in her report last night to the school board.
I want to thank Kelly for taking on this serious issue and bringing it to the School District. Finally, the discussion is getting away from sports, turf, and deer. I also want to thank the School District for working with the Commission. In my mind, this is the number one issue in Mt. Lebanon.
Mt. Lebanon has a heroin problem. We live in a community where all the fundraisers for Outreach revolve around alcohol. We had discussions here about how some parents think it is perfectly acceptable to bring alcohol to ball games. Parents encourage their children to go to Under 21 Clubs instead of supporting the School District's decision to enforce Snowball guidelines. We have Blaise's infamous "21 Club." In the Municipal budget, $12,000 has been set aside to count deer, yet how much has been allocated to drug enforcement?
One "anonymous" commenter here announced that we need to eradicate the deer. Every single one. I believe we need to eradicate the drug dealers. They have moved into Mt. Lebanon and our kids are dying. Yes, folks, drug dealers are right here in this Norman Rockwell painting.
Upon news of recent drug overdoses, I called my children just to hear their voices. When I told my son about the bad heroin that has hit Mt. Lebanon, he said that there is no such thing as good heroin. It is heroin. My daughter reminded me of classmates who died from drug overdoses. This has been going on for years.
I continued at the podium to say that the commissioners have ongoing discussions about Sports Advisory Boards and Joint Maintenance Agreements. I asked them when they were going to take off their blinders and look around. When will we have a Drug Advisory Board? I asked if we could take Kristen Linfante's $12,000 budgeted deer survey and put it towards drug enforcement.
Whatever Mt. Lebanon has been doing, it isn't working. Our kids are dying. Thankfully, Kelly Fraasch has stepped up (again) to take on this mission. As the newly appointed school board liaison, Kelly met with Josephine Posti, the commission liaison, to discuss the drug problem in Mt. Lebanon. In her latest post, The concerns about drug use in Mt. Lebanon, Kelly shares how the Municipality and School District will join forces to form a drug task force to "send a message to the street that Mt. Lebanon is no longer open for business" as Josephine mentioned in her report last night to the school board.
I want to thank Kelly for taking on this serious issue and bringing it to the School District. Finally, the discussion is getting away from sports, turf, and deer. I also want to thank the School District for working with the Commission. In my mind, this is the number one issue in Mt. Lebanon.
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